Clock data recovery circuit including charge pump having reduced glitch current

ABSTRACT

The present invention is directed to electrical circuits. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a charge pump circuit with a bias section and a switch section. The switch section includes a first switch coupled to an early signal and a second switch coupled to a late signal. The charge pump additionally includes a low-pass filter. The switch section includes a first resistor and a second resistor. The first resistor is directly coupled to the first switch and the low-pass filter. The second resistor is directly coupled to the second switch and the first resistor. There are other embodiments as well.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present disclosure is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser.No. 17/014,268 filed on Sep. 8, 2020, which is a continuation of U.S.patent application Ser. No. 16/284,633 filed on Feb. 25, 2019 (now U.S.Pat. No. 10,804,797). The entire disclosures of the applicationsreferenced above are incorporated herein by reference.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to electrical circuits.

Over the last few decades, the use of communication networks exploded.In the early days of the Internet, popular applications were limited toemails, bulletin board, and mostly informational and text-based web pagesurfing, and the amount of data transferred was usually relativelysmall. Today, Internet and mobile applications demand a huge amount ofbandwidth for transferring photo, video, music, and other multimediafiles. For example, a social network like Facebook processes more than500 TB of data daily. With such high demands on data and data transfer,existing data communication systems need to be improved to address theseneeds. For high-data communication applications, serializer/deserializer(“SERDES” or “SerDes”) with clock and data recovery (CDR) modules areoften used.

Over the past, there have been many types of communication systems andmethods. Unfortunately, they have been inadequate for variousapplications. More specifically, existing CDR devices are ofteninadequate in various applications. Therefore, improved systems andmethods are desired.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to electrical circuits. According toan embodiment, the present invention provides a charge pump circuit witha bias section and a switch section. The charge pump additionallyincludes a low-pass filter. The switch section includes a first switchcoupled to an early signal and a second switch coupled to a late signal.The switch section includes a first resistor and a second resistor. Thefirst resistor is directly coupled to the first switch and the low-passfilter. The second resistor is directly coupled to the second switch andthe first resistor. There are other embodiments as well.

According to an embodiment, the present a charge pump circuit thatincludes a bias section that is configured to generate a first biassignal and a second bias signal. The charge pump circuit also includes alow-pass filter. The charge pump circuit additionally includes a switchsection for generating a charge current. The switch section includes afirst switch coupled to an early signal. The switch section alsoincludes a first resistor directly coupled to the first switch and thelow-pass filter. The switch section additionally includes a secondswitch coupled to a late signal. The switch section further includes asecond resistor directly coupled to the second switch and the low-passfilter.

According to another embodiment, the present invention provides a chargepump circuit that has a bias section configured to generate a first biassignal and a second bias signal. The bias section is coupled to adigital-to-analog converter. The charge pump circuit also includes alow-pass filter. The charge pump circuit additionally includes a switchsection for generating a charge current. The switch section includes afirst switch coupled to an early signal. The switch section alsoincludes a first resistor directly coupled to the first switch and thelow-pass filter.

According to yet another embodiment, the present invention provides acharge pump circuit that includes a bias section configured to generatea first bias signal and a second bias signal. The charge pump circuitinjects charge onto a low-pass filter. The charge pump circuitadditionally includes a switch section for generating a charge current.The switch section includes a first switch coupled to an early and latesignal. The switch section also includes a first resistor directlycoupled to the first switch and the low-pass filter. The switch sectionfurther includes a capacitance directly coupled to the first switch andthe first resistor.

It is to be appreciated that embodiments of the present inventionprovide many advantages over conventional techniques. Among otherthings, charge pump circuits according to embodiments of the presentinvention effectively reduce undesirable glitch currents. Whenintegrated into CDRs and related applications, charge pumps according tothe present invention effectively improve device and applicationperformance and time response.

Embodiments of the present invention can be implemented in conjunctionwith existing systems and processes. For example, charge pump devicesaccording to embodiments of the present invention can be manufacturedusing existing manufacturing processes, and they can be incorporatedinto various types of CDR designs. In addition, charge pumps accordingto embodiment of the present invention can be incorporated into othertypes of circuits and designs as well.

The present invention achieves these benefits and others in the contextof known technology. However, a further understanding of the nature andadvantages of the present invention may be realized by reference to thelatter portions of the specification and attached drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The following diagrams are merely examples, which should not undulylimit the scope of the claims herein. One of ordinary skill in the artwould recognize many other variations, modifications, and alternatives.It is also understood that the examples and embodiments described hereinare for illustrative purposes only and that various modifications orchanges in light thereof will be suggested to persons skilled in the artand are to be included within the spirit and purview of this process andscope of the appended claims.

FIG. 1 is a simplified diagram illustrating a clock data recoverycircuit 100.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a conventional charge pump circuit withcurrent control.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating another conventional charge pumpcircuit.

FIG. 4 is a graph illustrating performance of conventional charge pumpimplantations as illustrated in FIG. 3 .

FIG. 5A is a simplified diagram illustrating an exemplary charge pumpcircuit according to embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 5B is a timing diagram illustrating operation of an exemplarycharge pump circuit according to embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a graph illustrating charge pump current according toembodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a graph illustrating performance of a charge pump according toembodiments of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to electrical circuits. According toan embodiment, the present invention provides a charge pump circuit witha bias section and a switch section. The switch section includes a firstswitch coupled to an early signal and a second switch coupled to a latesignal. The charge pump additionally includes a low-pass filter. Theswitch section includes a first resistor and a second resistor. Thefirst resistor is directly coupled to the first switch and the low-passfilter. The second resistor is directly coupled to the second switch andthe first resistor. There are other embodiments as well.

As mentioned above, clock data recovery (CDR) circuits have a wide rangeapplications. For example, CDR is widely used in data transfer and datacommunication. In a CDR implementation, a charge pumps takes the outputof a phase detector and converts into a current signal. FIG. 1 is asimplified diagram illustrating a clock data recovery circuit 100. Forexample, charge pump circuits according to embodiments of the presentinvention can be deployed in the CDR circuit 100. The CDR circuit 100receives data from a variable gain amplifier (VGA). The CDR circuit 100samples the received data with its data sampler 101 and edge sampler102. Data sampler 101 generates I-data (in-phase) and edge sampler 102generates Q-data (quadrature). Phase detector 103 performs phasedetection (e.g., using a Bang-Bang phase-detector) using the I-data andq-data respectively received from data sampler 101 and the edge sampler102. Based on the phase detection, phase detector 103 generates an earlysignal and a late signal, which are transmitted to charge pump 104.Together, the data sampler and the edge sampler approximate the phase ofthe clock with respect to the data. For example, the data sampler andthe edge sampler can be implemented using sense-amplifier basedregeneration flip-flops. For example, data sampler 101, edge sampler102, and phase detector 103 are considered the first stage of the CDRcircuit 100, while the charge pump is considered the second stage of theCDR circuit. Charge pump 104 is configured to generate control voltagefor the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) 106. VCO 106 generates aclock signal based on the control voltage. For example, charge pump 104may be implemented according to embodiments of the present invention.The charge pump (CP) 104 uses the early/late signal from the phasedetector (PD) to generate and inject a controlled amount of charge ontothe loop filter (LPF), and the filtered signal is used to drive the VCOto the correct frequency and phase. The clock output from the VCO 106 isprovided to the data sampler and the edge sampler for phase correction.The VCO 106 generates clock signals for both data sampler 101 (I-clocksignal) and edge sampler 102 (Q-clock signal).

Based on the early/late signals from Phase detector, charge pump 104injects a controlled amount of charge onto the loop filter 105. For goodperformance, the amount of charge from the charge pump 104 should besame in early phase and late phase, as mismatch in the amount of chargewould create static phase offset between the incoming data and VCOclock. As the Bang-Bang phase detector switches from early to late orlate to early, the charge pump would introduce charge glitches. Mismatchor incorrect amount of charge would create undesirable phase offsetbetween the clock edge and center of the data eye. During the switchingfrom one phase to another phase, the amount of glitch charge introducedinto the loop filter should be very small relative to the actual chargethat is used to operate the VCO 106. It is to be appreciated thatembodiments of the present invention effectively reduces undesirablecharge glitches at the charge pump.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a conventional charge pump circuit withgain control. The behavior the charge pump circuit in FIG. 2 iscontrolled by the switches. When the late signal is “high”, switches S₁and S₄ are on and charge pump current (the current of transistor M₅) isinjected into the loop filter and charges the filter. When the earlysignal is “high”, switches S₂ and S₃ are on and charge pump current(current of transistor M₃) flows out of the loop filter and dischargesthe filter. The operational amplifier of the charge pump reduces thecharge sharing between the node Z and W during current switching.Unfortunately, there are various drawbacks with the charge pumpimplementation illustrated in FIG. 2 . The sizes of transistors M₅ andM₃ depend on the mismatch requirement between currents. Generally, thesetransistors are bulky components of the circuit. The bulky size oftransistors M₅ and M₃ often leads to undesirable (and often significant)parasitic at node X (e.g., capacitor C₁) and node Y (e.g., capacitorC₂). During early/late switching, glitch current resulting fromcharging/discharging of capacitor C₁ and capacitor C₂ can be high, andhence this architecture is at least unsuitable for low current highlinear charge pump. It is also be noted that charge pump noise dependson the transconductance of transistors M₅ and M₃. The noise attribute tothe charge pump usually contributes significant amount to the overallCDR jitter. To address this issue, a low noise architecture isimplemented by relying on substantially noise-less resisters andtransistor currents.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating another conventional charge pumpcircuit. The charge pump circuit includes two sections: “CP Bias” and“CP Switch”. The CP Bias section creates a pair of differential voltages(Bias_p and Bias_n as shown) around the loop filter output voltage ascommon mode. Node voltages bias_p and bias_n are fully differential biasvoltages and their magnitudes can be controlled by the DAC. The opamp(op₁) at the CP Bias section adjusts the NMOS (N₁) current to be equalto the DAC current. The operation of the CP Switch section is based onthe early (“E”) and late (“L”) signals, and it converts bias_p andbias_n voltages into current. For example, the charge put current Icpcan be expressed in the equation bellow:

$I_{CP} = \frac{V_{{Bias}\_ p} - V_{CP}}{R_{CP}}$

There are drawbacks associated with the charge pump illustrated in FIG.3 . During the transitions between Early/Late, node Y is disconnectedfrom node X and connected to the loop filter (LFP) output. As a result,the parasitic capacitance C₂ would share the charge from loop filtercapacitor C₁. This charging current is usually undesirably spiky, asthere is no resistance in this path with the parasitic capacitor C₂. Thecharge from the parasitic capacitor C₂ would be added to the charge-pumpcurrent.

FIG. 4 is a graph illustrating performance of conventional charge pumpimplantations as illustrated in FIG. 3 . When Early is high and Late islow, the current is positive, and vice versa. The desired current isabout 23 μA, but the current spikes causes capacitance C₂ charging toabout 170 μA, which is undesirable for causing non-linearity andmismatch. The undesirable current is somewhat limited by the parasiticresistance in the charging path. It is to be appreciated thatembodiments of the present invention effectively reduce the parasiticcapacitance and improve charge pump performance.

The following description is presented to enable one of ordinary skillin the art to make and use the invention and to incorporate it in thecontext of particular applications. Various modifications, as well as avariety of uses in different applications will be readily apparent tothose skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein maybe applied to a wide range of embodiments. Thus, the present inventionis not intended to be limited to the embodiments presented, but is to beaccorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novelfeatures disclosed herein.

In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are setforth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the presentinvention. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art thatthe present invention may be practiced without necessarily being limitedto these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures anddevices are shown in block diagram form, rather than in detail, in orderto avoid obscuring the present invention.

The reader's attention is directed to all papers and documents which arefiled concurrently with this specification and which are open to publicinspection with this specification, and the contents of all such papersand documents are incorporated herein by reference. All the featuresdisclosed in this specification, (including any accompanying claims,abstract, and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features servingthe same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly statedotherwise. Thus, unless expressly stated otherwise, each featuredisclosed is one example only of a generic series of equivalent orsimilar features.

Furthermore, any element in a claim that does not explicitly state“means for” performing a specified function, or “step for” performing aspecific function, is not to be interpreted as a “means” or “step”clause as specified in 35 U.S.C. Section 112, Paragraph 6. Inparticular, the use of “step of” or “act of” in the Claims herein is notintended to invoke the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 112, Paragraph 6.

Please note, if used, the labels left, right, front, back, top, bottom,forward, reverse, clockwise and counter clockwise have been used forconvenience purposes only and are not intended to imply any particularfixed direction. Instead, they are used to reflect relative locationsand/or directions between various portions of an object.

FIG. 5A is a simplified diagram illustrating an exemplary charge pumpcircuit 550 according to embodiments of the present invention. Thisdiagram is merely an example, which should not unduly limit the scope ofthe claims. One of ordinary skill in the art would recognize manyvariations, alternatives, and modifications. A charge pump switch (CPSwitch) section 500 receives bias signals Bias_P and Bias_N from thecharge pump bias (CP Bias) section 510. CP Bias section 510 receivescontrol signal from DAC 520, which as shown provides a current IDAC.Bias section 510 is additionally coupled to voltage VCP. Bias section510 generates bias signals Bias_P and Bias_N as outputs. The charge pumpsection 500 receives the bias signals and generates an output currentthat is coupled to the loop filer (LPF). It is to be appreciate thatcharge pump section 500 generates much less undesirable glitch currentcompared to conventional charge pump designs.

As shown in FIG. 5A, Bias_P signal is coupled to the source of switchM_(P1) (implemented with a PMOS transistor), which is controlled by theearly signal “E” coupled to its gate. Bias_N signal is coupled to thesource of switch M_(N1) (implemented with an NMOS transistor), which iscontrolled by the late single “L” coupled to its gate. It is to be notedthat the drains of transistors P₄ and N₃ in FIG. 3 are directlyconnected to each other and connected to the low-pass filter (LPF). Forcharge pump 550, the drain of switch M_(P1) is coupled to charge pumpresistor R_(CP) 503, and the drain of switch M_(N1) is coupled to thecharge pump resistor R_(CP) 504. It is also to be noted that resistors503 and 504 are not directly coupled to bias signals Bias_P and Bias_N.Resistor 503 is connected to capacitance C₂ via node Y as shown. At nodeY, Bias_P signal needs to go through switch M_(P1) before reachingresistor 503 and capacitor C₂. As explained above, undesirable parasiticcapacitance is attributed to glitch charges from the low-pass filter(LPF) to capacitor C₂. As shown, the LPF include resistor 501 andcapacitor 502 and has a charge pump voltage of V_(CP). It is to beappreciated that resistor 503 effectively limits the amount of chargeflows from LPF to capacitor C₂ to a substantially negligible level, andthe spike current from LPF (as shown in FIG. 4 ) is substantiallyminimized.

CP Switch section 500 additionally includes PMOS switch M_(P2). Thesource terminal of switch M_(P2) is coupled to node Y. The gate ofswitch M_(P2) is coupled to the inverted early signal as shown. An NMOSswitch M_(N2) is coupled to switch M_(N1). More specifically, the drainof switch M_(N1) is coupled to the source of switch M_(N2). SwitchM_(N2) is operated by the inverted late signal, which is coupled to itsgate. Switch M_(P2) and switch M_(N2) share their drains at node X,which is also coupled to capacitor C₁.

FIG. 5B is a timing diagram illustrating operation of an exemplarycharge pump circuit according to embodiments of the present invention.This diagram is merely an example, which should not unduly limit thescope of the claims. One of ordinary skill in the art would recognizemany variations, alternatives, and modifications. For example, the Lateand Early signals are applied to switches M_(P1), M_(P2), M_(N1), andM_(N2). It is to be appreciated that the corresponding currents level atcharge pump (CP) is stable with minimal “spiking”.

As an example, the exemplary charge pump illustrated in FIG. 5A anddescribed above can be readily incorporated into a CDR. For example, CDR100 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes charge pump 104, which can beimplemented using the charge pump illustrated in FIG. 5A. For example,phase detector 103 generates early and late signals, which charge pump550 uses to generate an output current. For example, early and latesignals from phase detector 103 are coupled to switches M_(P1), M_(P2),M_(N1), and M_(N2). The output of charge pump 550 will charge ordischarge the LPF 105.

The use of charge pump 550 in CDR 100 is merely one of theimplementations. It is to be appreciated that charge pump 550 andvariations thereof according to embodiments of the present invention canbe used in a variety of applications and implementations. For example,there are other CDR devices can be implemented using the design ofexemplary charge pump 550. Charge pumps according to embodiments of thepresent invention can also be implemented in other applications. Forexample, CDRs implemented according to embodiments of the presentinvention are used in various data communication devices, such astransceivers, SerDes, receivers, and others.

FIG. 6 is a graph illustrating charge pump current according toembodiments of the present invention. The plot shows the charge-pumpcurrent corresponding to early and late signals. When the Early signalis high and Late is low, the current is positive, and vice versa. Thedesired current is about 23 μA, and as shown in FIG. 6 , there is anegligible glitch current during Early to Late (or Late to Early)transition, which provides a significant advantage over the conventionalcharge pump designs.

FIG. 7 is a graph illustrating performance of a charge pump according toembodiments of the present invention. Plot 701 shows that charge pumpcurrent from a charge pump according to embodiments of the presentinvention gradually reaches the desired current level during each of thetransitions. In comparison, current from a conventional charge pumpshows large undesirable current spikes that would lead to poorperformance.

While the above is a full description of the specific embodiments,various modifications, alternative constructions and equivalents may beused. Therefore, the above description and illustrations should not betaken as limiting the scope of the present invention which is defined bythe appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A clock data recovery circuit comprising: aninput configured to receive a data signal; a voltage controlledoscillator comprising a clock; a phase detector configured to generatean early signal and a late signal, which are indicative of whether aphase of the clock of the voltage controlled oscillator is early or laterelative to a phase of the data signal; and a charge pump comprising afirst switch responsive to the early signal, a second switch responsiveto the late signal, a pair of resistive elements connected in seriesbetween a drain of the first switch and a drain of the second switch toreduce glitch current at an output of the charge pump during transitionsof the early signal and the late signal between high and low states, thepair of resistive elements configured to provide resistance between anoutput of the charge pump and the first switch and the second switch andto drive the voltage controlled oscillator, and a capacitor connected tothe drain of the first switch and to a first resistive element of thepair of resistive elements, the first resistive element limiting anamount of charge flow from the output of the charge pump back throughthe first resistive element to the capacitor.
 2. The clock data recoverycircuit of claim 1, wherein: the charge pump further comprises a biascircuit configured to generate a first bias voltage and a second biasvoltage; the first switch is configured to receive the first biasvoltage; and the second switch is configured to provide an output at thesecond bias voltage.
 3. The clock data recovery circuit of claim 2,further comprising a resistor configured to receive a portion of currentoutput from the pair of resistive elements and to generate a voltagesignal, wherein the bias circuit is configured to generate, based on thevoltage signal, the first bias voltage and the second bias voltage. 4.The clock data recovery circuit of claim 2, wherein the bias circuit isconfigured to receive a control signal from a device separate from thecharge pump and, based on the control signal, generate the first biasvoltage and the second bias voltage.
 5. The clock data recovery circuitof claim 1, wherein the charge pump synchronizes the phase of the clockof the voltage controlled oscillator with the phase of the data signalbased on the early signal and the late signal received from the phasedetector.
 6. The dock data recovery circuit of claim 1, wherein the pairof resistive elements are configured to limit an amount of charge flowfrom the output of the charge pump back through the pair of resistiveelements.
 7. The clock data recovery circuit of claim 1, wherein: thepair of resistive elements comprise the first resistive element and asecond resistive element; the first resistive element is configured toreceive current output from the first switch; and the second resistiveelement is configured to receive a portion of current output from thefirst resistive element.
 8. The clock data recovery circuit of claim 1,wherein the pair of resistive elements comprise a first resistor and asecond resistor.
 9. The clock data recovery circuit of claim 8, whereinthe first resistor reduces the glitch current at the output of thecharge pump during transitions of the early signal and the late signalbetween the high and low states.
 10. A clock data recovery circuitcomprising: an input configured to receive a data signal; a voltagecontrolled oscillator comprising a dock; a phase detector configured togenerate an early signal and a late signal, which are indicative ofwhether a phase of the dock of the voltage controlled oscillator isearly or late relative to a phase of the data signal; and a charge pumpcomprising a first switch responsive to the early signal, a secondswitch responsive to the late signal, a third switch responsive to aninverse of the early signal and configured to receive an output of thefirst switch in response to the early signal, a fourth switch responsiveto an inverse of the late signal and configured to receive an output ofthe third switch in response to an inverse of the early signal, whereinthe second switch is configured to receive an output of the fourthswitch in response to an inverse of the late signal; and a pair ofresistive elements connected in series between a drain of the firstswitch and a drain of the second switch to reduce glitch current at anoutput of the charge pump during transitions of the early signal and thelate signal between high and low states, the pair of resistive elementsconfigured to provide resistance between an output of the charge pumpand the first switch and the second switch and to drive the voltagecontrolled oscillator.
 11. The clock data recovery circuit of claim 10,further comprising: a first capacitor connected to an output of thethird switch and to a ground reference terminal; and a second capacitorconnected to an output of the first switch and to the ground referenceterminal.
 12. The clock data recovery circuit of claim 1, furthercomprising a low pass filter configured to filter current output fromthe charge pump, wherein the pair of resistive elements reduces anamount of glitch current received from the low pass filter.
 13. Theclock data recovery circuit of claim 1, further comprising: a datasampler configured to sample the data signal and generate an in-phasedata signal; and an edge sampler configured to sample the data signaland generate a quadrature-phase data signal, wherein the phase detectoris configured to generate the early signal and the late signal based onthe in-phase data signal and the quadrature-phase data signal.
 14. Theclock data recovery circuit of claim 13, wherein: the voltage controlledoscillator is configured to generate clock signals; the clock signalscomprise an in-phase clock signal and a quadrature-phase clock signal;the voltage controlled oscillator is configured to output the in-phaseclock signal to the data sampler and the quadrature-phase clock signalto the edge sampler; the data sampler is configured to sample the datasignal based on the in-phase clock signal; and the edge sampler isconfigured to sample the data signal based on the quadrature-phase clocksignal.
 15. A clock data recovery circuit comprising: an inputconfigured to receive a data signal; a voltage controlled oscillatorcomprising a clock; a phase detector configured to generate an earlysignal and a late signal, which are indicative of whether a phase of theclock of the voltage controlled oscillator is early or late relative toa phase of the data signal; a bias circuit configured to generate afirst bias voltage at a first terminal and a second bias voltage at asecond terminal; and a charge pump comprising a first switch connectedto the first terminal, responsive to the early signal, and s configuredto receive the first bias voltage and switch between states based on theearly signal, a second switch connected to the second terminal,responsive to the late signal, and configured to provide an output atthe second bias voltage based on the late signal, and a pair ofresistive elements connected in series between a drain of the firstswitch and a drain of the second switch to reduce glitch current at anoutput of the charge pump during transitions of the early signal and thelate signal between high and low states, the pair of resistive elementsconfigured to provide resistance between an output of the charge pumpand the first switch and the second switch and to drive the voltagecontrolled oscillator.
 16. The clock data recovery circuit of claim 15,wherein: the pair of resistive elements comprise a first resistiveelement and a second resistive element; the first resistive element isconnected to receive an output of the first switch and is configured toprovide resistance between an output of the charge pump and the firstswitch, drive the voltage controlled oscillator, and reduce glitchcurrent at the output of the charge pump; the second resistive elementis connected in series with the first resistive and is configured toprovide resistance between the output of the charge pump and the secondswitch; and the second switch is configured to receive an output of thesecond resistive element.
 17. The clock data recovery circuit of claim1, further comprising a plurality of samplers, wherein: the voltagecontrolled oscillator is configured to generate clock signals based oncurrent output from the charge pump; the plurality of samplers areconfigured to sample, based on the dock signals, the data signalreceived at the input of the clock data recovery circuit to generate aplurality of data signals; and the phase detector is configured togenerate, based on the plurality of data signals, the early signal andthe late signal.
 18. The clock data recovery circuit of claim 15,wherein the bias circuit comprises: a third switch configured to outputthe first bias voltage; and a fourth switch configured to output thesecond bias voltage.
 19. The clock data recovery circuit of claim 18,wherein: an output terminal of the third switch is connected to an inputterminal of the first switch; and an input terminal of the fourth switchis connected to an output terminal of the second switch.